218 THE IC'K A(iE IX CANADA. 



I'RO N'INC E C!( K L K NT E K ATA. 



HjlilnrjKt. 



No (listinc'L oru;iiiii.sins refciibli' to the above group 

 liiive yut l»eeii ft mm I in tlie Pleistocene depu.sits of 

 (yamida. As our recent fauna includes no stony coral, 

 and the recent species of the gulf of St. Lawrence have 

 no parts likely to be preserved other than ndnute spicules, 

 this is not to be wondered at. In washing the clavs for 

 Forannnifera, however, numerous fragments are obtained, 

 which re.semljle portions of the horny skeletons of hydroids, 

 though not in a state admitting of determination. 



PROVINCE ECHINODEILMATA. 



(1) Oj>liii(ridt(i. 

 Ophioijlypha Sarsil. Lutken. 



Fossil — Leda tlay, near St. Jolin, New Brunswick ; Mr. Matthew. 



Recent — River St. Lawrence, at Murray 15ay ; Kaniouraska ; also 

 found of large size in deep water in the (iulf of St. Lawrence, by Mr. 

 Whiteaves. 



Ophiucanthd Sj>iini/osn, M. and T. (0. hidi itlald, Retzius). 



Fossil— Tanneries, collected by Prof. Kennedy and Mr. Currie. 

 Recent — Cape Cod to (ireenland, Norway and Spitzbergen. 



Amphiura Sp. Montreal, Mr. Currie. 



Solasfer (CVo.s>.r(.s/( /•) pappona, M. and T. 



Fossil — Montreal, Mr. Kennedy ; ({reen's Creek. 

 Recent — Labrador, Murray liay, Metis, (Jaspc. 



Ophiocoma or Amphiura. 



Fragments of a small species of opiiiuroid starfish not determinable, 

 liave been found in the Leda clay at Montreal, and in nodules at 

 (ireen's creek. 



(2) Erhhioiihu. 



Euryechinns (StroiKji/locentrotuK) droliarfiitnisls. Miiller. 



Fossil — Leda clay, Heauport ; Rivii-re-du-Loup ; St. Nicholas; 

 Montreal. 



